Night time take off from Las Vegas - perfect view of the strip

Not only a good view on take off, but the plane does a 180 degree circle of the Las Vegas Strip before flying off to the South.
I also chose to sat in the back of the plane to avoid having minimal part of the wing, and no engine in the way.

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Travel & Events

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• Las Vegas lights
• plane take off
• Vegas strip from the sky

[julionica]

0:43 UFO? I guess aliens like to gamble too

[BryTee]

@julionica I think it's light reflecting off the edge of the window.

[julionica]

@BryTee I thought so too but when I looked closely the speed is not constant in relation to the airplane, I dont know if I make myself clear... take a look at the blue line moving from right to left which is a reflection; the speed is constant, meanwhile the other light starts slow then fast! maybe I've been watching to many UFO videos specially the 1 over Jerusalem; that just creep me out. It's proven to be real.

[BryTee]

@julionica Notice that the spot of light lines up vertically (compared with the horizon) with a bright light seen on the ground. As you watch that bright light, it dims down, implying it was pointing at the plane, which adds to my idea of a simply reflection (or refraction in the edge of the glass of the window).

Of course, I'm no expert in what is (or is not) a UFO. And this is sadly nothing as interesting as the Jerusalem video.

[CosbyTheCaterpillar]

so the plane did a 180 degree loop around the strip so the people aboard could see the strip? that's cool.

[BryTee]

@CosbyTheCaterpillar I don't think they did it so passngers could see the strip. The wind direction was from the North, so they used the North-South runway to take off heading North (taking off into the wind is procedure), then turned to travel in the direction required, thus the 180.

I had the same good view a couple of weeks earlier, but I didn't have my camera on, so when we were on the same runway heading in the same direction, I got out my camera.

[idunnoproductionzz]

@legofan506 Yes! Leaving Vegas is so sad, I hate leaving.

[DodgersFan785]

Beautiful view

[legofan506]

1:wehere were you going to from vegas?

2: it is sad when you leave vegas right ?

[irish89055]

I wish Ms Lombard had such a smooth departure from the Las Vegas area....

[PacificEdibleSeaweed]

Great seat, and steady camera work

[saadsnake6]

the city of dream goes by

[bhcoolerful]

grad kurvi i kocke ................

[Evereigh]

Flying to Vegas again for the summer. :) So excited. If only it was here now. I have a few months to wait. :(

[prissanna08]

awesome view on take off! love flying in and out at night!